Railway-track structure.



v H. P. 1104x011. RAILWAY TRACK STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29.1909.

Patented Jan.25, 1910.

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a construction which permits the track rails UN TTEU S'Iir KTES PATENT()FFTCE.

HARRY F. ROACH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO CONTINUOUS RAIL &SAFETY SWITCH (30., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI A CORFORA'IION OF NEW JERSEY.

RAILWAY-TRACK STRUCTURE.

Original application filed October 15. 1908, Serial No.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that l, l'lannv l Rowen, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulIn'iprovement in ltailwa v-l1.'ack Structures, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railway track structures, and particularly tothat type which comprise a movable tongue arranged at the intersectionof two tracks to form a continuous rail, the present application being adivisional of my pending application for railway track structures, tiledOctober 15, 1908, Serial No. 457,933.

The main object of my present invention is to provide a railway trackstructure of the character referred to which is so designed that thetrack rails cannotcreep in either direction relatively to the base plateon Which the movable tongue rests; and another object of my invention isto provide to be removed quickly from the base plate.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a railway track structure embodying mypresent invention; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating theconnection between the track rails and the base plate.

Referring to the drawing which illustrates my present invention, Adesignates a base plate, and B is a movable tongue mounted on said baseplate and arranged between two pairs of track rails C and C.

In the construction herein shown the wheel-tread member I) is arrangedbetween the terminals of the track rail C and the heel end of the tongueB, but I wish .it to be understood that it is immaterial, so far as mypresent invention is concerned, whether the track rails cooperatedirectly with the tongue or with the wheel-tread members, as hereinshown.

The base flanges ot the track rails rest upon a base plate, and saidbase plate is pro vided with pairs of lugs 1 that pass upwardly throughslots in the base flanges of the rails so as to prevent the rails fromcreeping longitudinally of the base plate or Specification of LettersPatent.

457,933. Divided and this application filed July 29,

Serial No. 510,232.

moving laterally thereof. The lugs 1 of each pair are so arranged thatthey embrace the vertical web of the rail with which they cooperate, andfastening devices 2 pass transversely through said lugs and the verticalweb of the rail so as to prevent the ail l'rom moving upwardly otl' thebase plate. I have herein shown the base plate as provided with twopairs of lugs l for each rail, but it will, ol course, be obvious that asingle pair of lugs could be provided for each rail if desired. The lugs1 are prefe'ably cast integral with the base plate, and as they passupwardly through slots in the base flanges of the rails, it will beimpossible for the ails to creep longitiulinally ot the base plate ormove laterally thereot'. construction of this character is inexpensiveto manufacture, and it is also very desirable because the rails can bedetached from the base plate by simply removing the fastening devices 2and then moving the rails upwardly so as to withdraw the lugs 1 from theslots in the base flanges of the rails.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

.l. In a railway track structure, a base plate provided with an integralprojection, a track rail resting on said base plate and having anopening formed in its base flange for receiving said projection, afastening device passing through said projection and the web of saidrail, and a movable tongue mounted on said base plate and cooperatingwith said rail.

2. In a railway track structure, a base plate provided with a pair ofupwardly projecting lugs, a track rail resting on said base plate andhaving openings formed in its base flanges for receiving said lugs,fastening devices passing through said lugs and the vertical web of saidrail, and a movable tongue mounted on said base plate and cooperatingwith said rails.

33. A railway track structure comprising a base plate provided with awheel-tread memher, a movable tongue mounted on said base plate andcooperating with said wheel-tread member, track rails resting on saidbase plate and butting against said wheel-tread member, integral lugs onsaid base plate prosignature in the presence of two Witnesses. ilectingupwardly through fslots in thie base this 27th day of July 1909. angesof said rails, and astenin evices passing through said lugs and thevertical HARRY ROAGH 5 Webs of the rails for securing the rails inposition.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my \Vitnesses BERTI-IA JACOBY,GEORGE BAKEWELL.

